<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005"><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post2212816110138012921..comments</id><updated>2020-04-11T03:30:02.282-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Comments on Advance Indiana™: More On The Straubification Of Spokane</title><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/feeds/comments/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2212816110138012921/comments/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-on-straubification-of-spokane.html'/><link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/"/><author><name>Gary R. Welsh</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/15185079937305083438</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-1516448032205439107</id><published>2013-04-28T05:35:44.257-05:00</published><updated>2013-04-28T05:35:44.257-05:00</updated><title type='text'>He appears to be doing to Spokane what he did to I...</title><content type='html'>He appears to be doing to Spokane what he did to Indianapolis.  He&amp;#39;s only been there a few months and already their city is paying out $190,000 law suit for his behavior.  Does anyone else think Spokane&amp;#39;s city attorneys saw all of those similar law suits against Straub here and told Spokane&amp;#39;s mayor to &lt;b&gt;settle this fast&lt;/b&gt;???  &lt;i&gt;(-Negligent hiring, punitive damages for the foreseeable actions of Straub, etc)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have a feeling that Indianapolis will be paying much more for those same things that he did over here before he committed the actions in Spokane.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As for the other financial damages he caused, we&amp;#39;re still paying....like that &amp;quot;Regional Operations Center&amp;quot; with all of the Chicago &amp;quot;Contratual&amp;quot; problems signed by Frank Straub....wasn&amp;#39;t it $18 Million Indianapolis &lt;b&gt;tax&lt;/b&gt; dollars?????  The former deputy director and special counsel for the Department of Public Safety left the city and declined comment on the deal for the ROC, saying, &lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;I was in the office at that time, up to a certain point. I worked on that project and was removed by Director Straub. Straub completed the negotiation and closed that deal.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last year at this time &lt;b&gt;Frank Straub had run The Indianapolis public safety budget $30 million in the red according to WTHR!&lt;/b&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2212816110138012921/comments/default/1516448032205439107'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/2212816110138012921/comments/default/1516448032205439107'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-on-straubification-of-spokane.html?showComment=1367145344257#c1516448032205439107' title=''/><author><name>CircleCityScribe</name><uri>https://www.blogger.com/profile/12691157547732269477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:in-reply-to xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0' href='http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2013/04/more-on-straubification-of-spokane.html' ref='tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12703782.post-2212816110138012921' source='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/12703782/posts/default/2212816110138012921' type='text/html'/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.itemClass" value="pid-1278520698"/><gd:extendedProperty name="blogger.displayTime" value="5:35 AM GMT-5"/></entry></feed>